Students withdrawn from Federal Universities of Technology, Akure

Due to the ongoing strike by the  Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU at the staff school of the Federal Universities of Technology, Akure, Ondo, parents have begun withdrawing their children from the institution,  Punch reports.

The union embarked on an indefinite strike on the 24th of December to protest the decision of federal government to remove the names of the Universities Staff School workers from its pay roll.

One of the parents, Mrs. Faduke, admitted that she is withdrawing her children as there is now the danger of them being left behind.

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She said, “I had to withdraw my children because their mates in other schools were moving on with their studies while my children were at home. The staff school used to be one of the best in the town but with what is going on there now, I don’t think it is good to leave my children there.”

Another parent, a lecturer in the university said withdrawing his children is the safer choice.

The lecturer said, “One should not joke with the life of one’s children. I do not think the solution to the problem of the school will end quickly. Therefore, it is safer to enrol one’s child in another school as soon as possible.”